Hand-held electronic device

• US 8,089,778 B2
• Filed: 06/16/2008
• Issued: 01/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Wang, Yi-Shen, Lin, Yi-Chi
• Primary Examiner(s): Semenenko, Yuriy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Aychillhum, Andargie M
• Application Number:
  US12/139,572
• Publication Number:
  US 20090091545A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,296 Days
• Field of Search: 361/796, 361/737, 361/752, 361/803, 455/575.1, 455/575.8, 455/566, 455/90.3
• US Class Current: 361/796
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A hand-held electronic device including a body, a touch-sensing display area, and a holding area is provided. The touch-sensing display area located at a surface of the body is divided into several sub-touch-sensing areas disposed at a part of a surrounding region of the touch-sensing display area. The sub-touch-sensing areas have at least one access-sensing region. The access-sensing region is used for sensing a touch-control action so as to render the hand-held electronic device to perform a function corresponding to the touch-control action. The holding area is disposed outside the sub-touch-sensing areas. When a user only intends to hold the hand-held electronic device, the user'"'"'s hands can put on the holding area and the hand-held electronic device would not perform any corresponding function.

Claims

1. A hand-held electronic device, comprising:

a body;

a touch-sensing display area located at a surface of the body, wherein the touch-sensing display area further comprises a plurality of sub-touch-sensing areas disposed at a part of a surrounding region of the touch-sensing display area;

a holding area disposed outside the touch-sensing display area; and

a separation structure disposed between the holding area and the touch-sensing display area, wherein a first side of the holding area is adjacent to the touch-sensing display area, a second side of the holding area is disposed at a side edge of the body, and a width between the first side and the second side is not less than 10 mm.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the sub-touch-sensing areas have at least one access-sensing region for sensing a touch-control action so as to render the hand-held electronic device to perform a function corresponding to the touch-control action.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein a surface of the holding area is located at a first plane and a surface of the touch-sensing display area is located at a second plane.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein a surface of the holding area and a surface of the touch-sensing display area form an inclined angle.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the holding area has a first surface structure and the touch-sensing display area has a second surface structure.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein a surface of the holding area further has a plurality of protrusions.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein a surface of the holding area further has a plurality of indentations.

8. The device according to claim 1, the separation structure is a protruded structure, an indented structure or a light-emitting structure.

9. The device according to claim 1, one of the sub-touch-sensing areas is disposed at a left side and/or a right side of the touch-sensing display area.

10. A hand-held electronic device, comprising:

a body;

a touch-sensing display area located at a surface of the body, wherein the touch-sensing display area further comprises a plurality of sub-touch-sensing areas disposed at a part of a surrounding region of the touch-sensing display area; and

a holding area disposed outside the touch-sensing display area;

wherein the holding area has a first surface structure and the touch-sensing display area has a second surface structure, the first surface structure having a plurality of protrusions or a plurality of indentations.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein the sub-touch-sensing areas have at least one access-sensing region for sensing a touch-control action so as to render the hand-held electronic device to perform a function corresponding to the touch-control action.

12. The device according to claim 10, wherein a surface of the holding area is located at a first plane and a surface of the touch-sensing display area is located at a second plane.

13. The device according to claim 10, wherein a surface of the holding area and a surface of the touch-sensing display area form an inclined angle.

14. The device according to claim 10, wherein the device further comprises a separation structure disposed between the holding area and the touch-sensing display area.

15. The device according to claim 14, the separation structure is a protruded structure, an indented structure or a light-emitting structure.

16. The device according to claim 10, one of the sub-touch-sensing areas is disposed at a left side and/or a right side of the touch-sensing display area.

17. The device according to claim 10, wherein a first side of the holding area is adjacent to the touch-sensing display area, a second side of the holding area is disposed at a side edge of the body, and a width between the first side and the second side is not less than 10 mm.